MS: Gun Beats Stick

How big was the "stick"? Quarterstaff sized? Toothpick? It was likely a club.

The homeowner told deputies that he repeatedly told a man not to come onto his property. He confronted the man, who he said had a stick in his hand, Bailey said. The man came toward the homeowner, who was armed with a shotgun. The homeowner shot the man in the leg, Bailey said.
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